Railway-tie.



M11. YOUNG'&"G. M. ROBINSON.

v RAILWAY TIE. PPPPP UATION FILED AUG 17, 1908'.

' 907,939. Patented Dem-29, 1908.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MARSHALL I. YOUNG,-OF FORT DODGE, AND GEORGE M. ROBINSON, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA; SAID YOUNG ASSIGNOR TO SAID ROBINSON.

RAILWAY-TIE To all whom it'moy concern:

Be it known that we, MARSHALL I. YOUNG and GEORGE M. ROBINSON, both citizens of the United States, said lVlARSHALL I. YOUNG residing at Fort Dodge, in the county of Webster and State of Iowa, and said GEORGE M. ROBINSON residing in the city and county of Dubuque, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

Our in'vention relates to metal ties for r'ailways with special reference to their mode of construction and manner in which the rails are secured to the ties; and has for its object to rovide a metal tie which shall be exceede ing y cheap in its construction, can be readily installed, cannot shift its position either longitudinally or transversely of the rails after it is set in the. ground and also to provide means whereby the rail may be quickly and securely fastened upon the tie.

It consists of a flat top plate upon and to which the rails are secured by a peculiarly constructed fish plate and also consists in a flange secured to or integral with the top plate longitudinally along the middle of the under side of said top plate and bent near each end transversely.

The following specification when read with the drawings accompan ing the same and forming a part hereof wil point out the manner of construction and mode. of assembling whereby the objects sought are fully accomplished.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of two ties with meeting rail ends secured on the ties by our peculiarly shaped fish plate. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the track and a side view of one of the ties. Fig. 3 shows aperspective view ofa tie inverted. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a tie and side elevation of the rail secured upon the tie.

Like characters of reference denote-corresponding parts in each of the figures. r

Referring to tho-drawings, 2 designates the top plate which is preferably made of steel and having its up er surface flat with the lower surface beve ed from its outer edges 4 toward its longitudinal ccntcr 5 leaving the edges entirely around the plate of substantially the same thickness.

Along on its longitudinal center of the'under side is secured or formed integral thcrewith a vertical or downwardly extending Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. August 1'7, 1908. Serial No. $48,975.

Patented Dec: 29, 1908.

flange 6 which flange, a short distance from each end, is bent laterally at ractically right angles to the length of the p ate. The art or end 8 extends in one'direction beyon the edge of the plate and the part 10 extends beyond the edgeof the plate in the opposite direction as shown in Fig. 3.

It will be noticed thatthe bent ortions 8 and 10 of the flanges are paralle with the rail and are underneath and just outside of the outer ed e of the flange. If the rails be exceedingly eavy and adapted to support large loads, then the flanges may be bent so as lto run directly under the center of the ram In practice the top plate either rests upon 'It will be readilyunderstood that these flanges are to revent not only longitudinal movement of t e tie as a whole, but also any lateral movement in the direction of the length of the track. In addition to these functions it is obvious that the flange greatly strengthens the plate or tie and sustains the track in the same plane that it originally had as the top plate will prevent the track from sinking into the ground and the flanges will prevent any lateral movement. By bending the flanges at some distance fromthe'ends of the tie, the tamping of the ground beneath the top plate may be done at the ends and in this manner made exceedingly firm.

For the purpose of anchoring the rail on this special tie and as a part hereof there is provided a peculiarly constructed fish or stay plate 12 which binds the entire rail as well as the meeting rail ends upon the ties near'their outer ends. At the upper edge where it serves as a fish plate to unite the ends of the rails and hold them in the same line it is formed of aboutthe thickness of the usual fish plate and rests against the web 15 beneath the tread 16 of the rail and extends a considerable distance along from each end of the united rails. It then extends along down the web and out upon and projects some distance beyond the flange 18 of the rail where it is bolted to the top plate 2 by the surface of the ground or is slightly em-' bolts 20. This plate 12 extends longitudi- I nally across two or more ties and not only tiguous ties are united together Wherever two meeting rail ends are connected together. Upon the opposite side of the rails a plate 22 similar to plate 12, though not necessarily extending so far beyond the flange of the rails, 'is bolted near the top by bolts 2% passing through the Web of the rail and through the plate 12, firmly holding the united rail ends between the lates 12 and 22. The plates 22 are bolted y the bolts 20 to the top plate 2 beyond the edgeof the flange 18 of the rail.

By this mode of construction of the tie and manner of setting the rails on the ties there is such a broad contact of the plates 12 and 22 with the rails and ties that there is practically little or no possibility of united movement of the rails, the plates and ties, nor of any one of them separately. It also is evident that done of the bolts 20 or 24 became loose there would still be no danger of movement of the other members and fura bu said flange bent laterally at some distance from its ends in opposite directions and the bent ends projecting beyond the longitinlinal edges of the top plate, in combination il'h oar rails, and means for connect ing the meeting rail ends with two or more ties.

2. In a device oi the clntrncter described, a tie consisting ol' a Hat top plate beveled on its under side from its edges toward its longitudinal center and beveled from the ends ol the plate a short distance leaving the edges around the plate of substantially the nthickness, a downwardly projecting; flange secured to said plate along said raised longitudinal center, said flange bent laterally at some distance from its ends in opposite di reotions and the bent ends projm'iting beyond the longitudinal edges of the top plate. in combination with car mils, and means for connecting the meeting rail ends with two or more ties consisting of a plate on each side of the meeting rail ends said plates being bolted. together through the webs of the rails and said plates bolted to two or more ties near the bent portion of the flanges of they ties.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

MARSHMJL l. YOUNG. GEORGE M. ROBINSON.

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F. A. Gnosnnnitnen, "it. P. Donn. 

